NEW pictures have revealed the shocking state inside the former Odeon building.

Photographs supplied the company behind plans to redevelop the eyesore, show how dilapidated the iconic former cinema is.

Safety experts have also examined the building, in Crouch Street, Colchester, and declared it is in a “serious state of disrepair”.

The building has been left empty since the Odeon closed the cinema in 2002 and moved to its current site in Head Street.

  • Read more detail and see more pictures from inside the building in today's Gazette.